• 34th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.35% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 742 words
  • Component in 25 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shēng (sheng1)to be born • to give birth • life • to grow • raw, uncooked

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shēng (sheng1)The component is pronounced as 'shēng' (sheng1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

人生 
先生 
女生 
学生 (學生)
生命 
生日 
生活 
发生 (發生)

Uncommon

一生 
一生一世 
三生有幸 
今生 
来生 (來生)
再生 
出生 
大学生 (大學生)
天生 
学生会 (學生會)
学生证 (學生證)
小学生 (小學生)
新生 
民生 
活生生 
生动 (生動)
生化 
生子 
生存 
生怕 
生意 
生态 (生態)
生成 
生机 (生機)
生死 
生气 (生氣)
生涯 
生物 
生物钟 (生物鐘)
生理 
生产 (生產)
生病 
生肖 
生育 
生菜 
生姜 (生薑)
生长 (生長)
产生 (產生)
男生 
留学生 (留學生)
畜生 
毕业生 (畢業生)
众生 (眾生)
研究生 
终生 (終生)
维生素 (維生素)
考生 
花生 
卫生 (衛生)
卫生巾 (衛生巾)
卫生间 (衛生間)
亲生 (親生)
计生 (計生)
诞生 (誕生)
逃生 
医生 (醫生)
重生 
野生 
陌生 
陌生人 
养生 (養生)
高中生 

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  • 575th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 204 words
  • Component in 158 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Mi3)surname Mi
2. (mi3)rice • CL:粒[li4] • meter (classifier)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (mi3)The component is pronounced as '' (mu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for (mi3)The component is pronounced as '' (mi3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

厘米 
小米 
平米 
玉米 
米粉 
米兰 (米蘭)
米饭 (米飯)
糯米 
虾米 (蝦米)

Uncommon

多米诺 (多米諾)
大米 
平方米 
提拉米苏 (提拉米蘇)
柴米油盐 (柴米油鹽)
毫米 
海米 
爆米花 
生米 
白米 
立方米 
米国 (米國)
米粒 
米粥 
米线 (米線)
米老鼠 
粟米 
糙米 
糯米粉 
纳米 (納米)
美索不达米亚 (美索不達米亞)
花生米 
薏米 
西米 
鱼米之乡 (魚米之鄉)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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